different altogether. Originally, the Old Norse word húskarl (plural: húskarlar) (spelled huskarl, pl. huskarlar in Swedish) had a general sense of "manservant"...

recorded during the tenth century. n En En tan Danr Dan auk ok ok huskarl Húskarl Huskarl '     auk ok ok sua(i)n Sveinn Svæinn '     l(i)tu létu letu rita...

for karls were bonde or simply free men. Similar classes were churls and huskarls. Aristocracy (jarlar). They were wealthy and owned large estates with huge...

in the following example, the Lingsberg Runestone U 241: And Danr and Húskarl and Sveinn had the stone erected in memory of Ulfríkr, their father's father...

The surname Huscaille, first attested in 1263, probably derives from húskarl, but is late evidence for the existence of a hirð in the 10th century....

inscriptions suggest a strong similarity between heimþegar and the Old Norse term húskarl (literally, "house man"), or housecarl. Like housecarls, heimþegar are...

brother Robert Curthose, both in the summer of 1101 and in autumn 1102. Huskarl Druzhina Hird Comitatus Varangian Guard German Guard Thingmen Lund, Niels...

referred to as Comitatus. Mannerbund Anglo-Saxon military organization Huskarl Druzhina Hird Comitatus Al-Haras Gabiniani Somatophylakes Maryannu Varangian...

inscriptions suggest a strong similarity between heimþegar and the Old Norse term húskarl (literally, "house man"), or housecarl. Like housecarls, heimþegar are...

arrived at Old Uppsala, he surrounded the hall of Blot-Sweyn with his húskarls and set the hall on fire, slaying the king as he escaped from the burning...